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Garnish can either be an enhancing addition such as in a dish, or to take something away such as garnishing wages.
You can lease/rent something to a tenant... Or you can lease/rent something from someone.
The informal definition of "literally" is an exaggeration of something that is not literally true. Inn other words, figuratively.
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Slightly different, but single words meaning multiple conflicting things seem to come to mind more readily:
- Drop meaning both to abandon or release a product
- Table meaning both put something aside or putting up for discussion
- Literally meaning both literal and figurative
Within a region, does table ever mean both of those?
In the US, it means to set aside or ignore it, but never means to continue the discussion. In the UK it means to discuss it, does it ever mean to also set it aside?
I think there's some bleed between different countries, given increasing global connectivity. I've heard both definitions in Australia which makes sense as we are influenced by both countries but I suspect the British version is more common.
Similar to chips meaning both crisps and French fries.
inflammable and flammable
What a country!
"egregious" means outstandingly bad or flagrant, also distinguished or eminent
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deceased specifically refers to death though. ceased mean something stopped in its track. " no offense and offensive" means the same thing if the context is describing someone or something. shelled/deshelled both means shells are remove from a plant product.
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I literally can't believe this thread.
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Restless and Restful.
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mark and demarcate. I love this one.
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also, limit and delimit
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a bit of a stretch but i can imagine someone saying "You're a natural" and "you're a freak" to express someone being abnormally talented at something on their first try.
"You're a natural at rock climbing. You're a rock climbing freak. A freak at rock climbing."
While checking words that might work here i was reminded of this annoying trio:
- Allude
- Elude
- Illude
They mean, respectively:
- to suggest something
- to escape or avoid something or someone
- to lie or deceive
also elucidate more common in scientific works,foreshadowing.
They're called "contranyms". Easy to find examples once you know that
No that's different. A contronym is where the same single word has two opposing meaning. OP is asking for two separate words that sounds like they should be opposites but actually have the same meaning, like flammable and inflammable which both mean "can catch on fire".
Yeah, right.
Fast
Good example! And what's with "fast food" anyway? That's not how fasting works
That and "Run fast" vs "held fast".
Barely. Barely not. It has it's opposite meaning in itself and you barely notice it.
I'm not sure this is correct, but I've heard that flammable and inflammable being used as synonyms is recent. Originally, inflammable meant able to burst into flames without a significant ignition source. Like a pile of oily rags or something that could catch fire because it was left out in the sun or just got too warm.
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